Nikita Gusev did not dress for Khabarovsk's 4-2 win over Riga. Riga is now captained by former Lightning forward Martins Karsums, who was scoreless in the defeat. Khabarovsk plays Spartak Moscow on Monday.

Andrey Vasilevskiy came played 13:17 and stopped the only shot he faced in Ufa's 6-4 loss to Astana. Astana got 2 goals and 3 points from former Lightning forward Brandon Bochenski in the win. Ufa plays Khanty-Mansiysk on Monday.

Nikita Nesterov took a minor for tripping in 15:31 of ice time in Chelyabinsk's 2-0 shutout loss to Dynamo Moscow. Dynamo was led by ex-Lightning draft pick Marek Kvapil's game winning goal. Traktor plays St. Petersburg on Monday.

Vasily Koshechkin (pictured) posted his league leading 7th shutout of the season for Cherepovets to best Bratislava and fellow Lightning prospect Jaroslav Janus 3-0. The big netminder got 1 goal and 3 points from ex-Lightning draft pick Denis Kazionov in the win. The younger Kazionov now has 13 goals and 19 points in 40 games this season. Red hot Cherepovets plays Praha on Monday. Bratislava faces Dinamo Minsk.